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opentechinstitute / commotion-router

The build system for the OpenWRT-based Commotion firmware.
https://commotionwireless.net
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Wireless gateway breaks AP #140

Closed dismantl closed 10 years ago

dismantl commented 10 years ago

When configuring a picostation to use a wireless gateway, it causes the node's access point to stop working. Using a serial cable, I wasn't able to find anything misconfigured on the node...IP addresses were fine, DNSmasq was running, but my laptop wasn't able to fully connect to the AP. Here's logs from my laptop:

Aug 28 10:42:39 blackbox wpa_supplicant[2430]: wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with 00:27:22:4a:07:82 (SSID='dandesk-pico' freq=2412 MHz)
Aug 28 10:42:39 blackbox kernel: [12452.497039] wlan0: authenticate with 00:27:22:4a:07:82
Aug 28 10:42:40 blackbox kernel: [12452.546190] wlan0: send auth to 00:27:22:4a:07:82 (try 1/3)
Aug 28 10:42:40 blackbox wpa_supplicant[2430]: wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:27:22:4a:07:82 (SSID='dandesk-pico' freq=2412 MHz)
Aug 28 10:42:40 blackbox kernel: [12452.549197] wlan0: authenticated
Aug 28 10:42:40 blackbox kernel: [12452.549768] wlan0: waiting for beacon from 00:27:22:4a:07:82
Aug 28 10:42:40 blackbox NetworkManager[1465]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> authenticating
Aug 28 10:42:40 blackbox NetworkManager[1465]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Aug 28 10:42:40 blackbox NetworkManager[1465]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Aug 28 10:42:40 blackbox NetworkManager[1465]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning

This would repeat until my laptop gave up.

jheretic commented 10 years ago

This is not a supported use-case due to driver level limitation. Both the test plan and any documentation pertaining to this should be amended.